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La Cina chiede il cessate il fuoco e l'apertura della via marittima, mentre Donald Trump afferma che Xi ha una visione «molto simile» riguardo alla fine della guerra in Iran Trump in Cina – ultimi aggiornamenti Donald Trump ha affermato che gli Stati Uniti e la Cina «sentono in modo molto simile» la necessità di porre fine alla guerra in Iran, ma non ha fornito dettagli su un possibile superamento dell'impasse. Il presidente degli Stati Uniti ha parlato accanto a Xi Jinping della Cina nel giardino di Zhongnanhai a Pechino, durante il secondo e ultimo giorno del summit tra i due leader. Continua a leggere...

Celeste Calocane testimonia per la prima volta all'inchiesta sugli attacchi di Valdo Calocane del 2023 • La madre dell'uomo che ha ucciso tre persone in un attacco a Nottingham nel 2023 ha dichiarato a un'inchiesta che il sistema della salute mentale "è a pezzi" e che finché non si verifica una crisi "nessuno ti ascolta". • Valdo Calocane, affetto da schizofrenia paranoide, è stato condannato a un ricovero ospedaliero sospeso nel gennaio 2024 dopo aver ucciso gli studenti Barnaby Webber e Grace O’Malley-Kumar, entrambi di 19 anni, e Ian Coates, un bidello di 65 anni, il 13 giugno 2023, tentando inoltre di uccidere altre tre persone.

L'incontro clandestino con il presidente degli EAU rappresenta l'ultimo traguardo di un'alleanza in rapido sviluppo in Medio Oriente.

• L'invito a far parte di un gruppo che include Elon Musk e Tim Cook evidenzia le ambizioni americane nell'ambito dell'AI e della tecnologia. • Il miliardario amministratore delegato del produttore di chip Nvidia, Jensen Huang, si è unito alla delegazione di Donald Trump in Cina dopo un invito riportato all'ultimo minuto, sottolineando le ambizioni degli Stati Uniti nell'AI e nel tech. • Huang si unirà a un elenco di dirigenti statunitensi che include il capo di Tesla e proprietario di X, Elon Musk, l'amministratore delegato di Apple, Tim Cook, e David Solomon di Goldman Sachs, nell'incontro di 36 ore di Trump con il presidente cinese, Xi Jinping.

il regista, a lungo isolato a Hollywood a causa delle accuse legate al movimento #MeToo, cercherà location per Rush Hour 4, secondo quanto riferito dalla portavoce. Brett Ratner, il regista della serie di film Rush Hour e di un documentario su Melania Trump, accompagna Donald Trump in Cina per il suo summit con Xi Jinping. Trump terrà colloqui con il leader cinese giovedì e venerdì su questioni economiche e geopolitiche urgenti, tra cui l'Iran e Taiwan. Il presidente degli Stati Uniti era accompagnato su Air Force One da CEO e alti dirigenti di importanti aziende tecnologiche e finanziarie statunitensi, tra cui Tim Cook di Apple, Elon Musk di Tesla e Larry Fink di BlackRock. Anche Ratner faceva parte del gruppo. Continua a leggere...

• Julian Ingram, sospettato di un triplice omicidio, è accusato di aver ucciso Sophie Quinn, il suo nuovo fidanzato e sua zia a Lake Cargelligo, a circa 450 km a ovest di Sydney. • Un corpo rinvenuto accanto a un ute abbandonato a 50 km a nord-ovest di Lake Cargelligo si ritiene sia l'uomo sospettato di aver ucciso la sua ex partner incinta in una zona remota del New South Wales. • Una vasta operazione di ricerca per Julian Ingram, 37 anni, era in corso da gennaio, quando avrebbe sparato a Sophie Quinn, al suo nuovo fidanzato e a sua zia a Lake Cargelligo, a circa 450 km a ovest di Sydney.

• Il Presidente Trump partirà da Washington lunedì per un viaggio cruciale in Asia, facendo tappa in Giappone e in Corea del Sud prima di un summit di due giorni con il Presidente cinese Xi Jinping. • L'itinerario si concentra sugli impegni diplomatici in un contesto di crescenti tensioni tra USA e Cina e preoccupazioni per la sicurezza regionale. • Si prevede che le discussioni riguardino il commercio, le alleanze di sicurezza e le relazioni bilaterali durante queste visite di alto profilo.

Guess the Party sfida i giocatori a collegare l'orientamento politico dei candidati al loro aspetto, con tassi di indovino che variano enormemente. Un paio di baffi grigi e ispidi sono il segno distintivo di un candidato Reform? I capelli rosa tradiscono l'appartenenza ai Greens? Forse un abito elegante è l'indizio migliore per i Tories – o gli occhiali e uno zaino per il Labour? I giocatori di un gioco politico virale hanno scoperto che non è mai così semplice giudicare il colore della coccarda di un candidato basandosi solo sul suo aspetto. Il gioco, inventato da Sam Hamill-Stewart, sfida i giocatori a guardare le foto dei candidati alle elezioni locali e a indovinare il loro partito di affiliazione. Continua a leggere...

In un'intervista esclusiva dal carcere, Sadia Moalim Ali, una conducente di risciò di 27 anni, racconta il trattamento subito dopo l'arresto per aver manifestato contro il governo. Una donna detenuta in un carcere in Somalia per aver partecipato a proteste pacifiche ha descritto come sia stata torturata dalle guardie. Sadia Moalim Ali, 27 anni, ha raccontato al Guardian di essere stata spogliata nuda da due guardie maschili in una stanza monitorata da CCTV, calciata, picchiata con un manganello e lasciata per due giorni in una piccola cella senza cibo. Continua a leggere...

State pension was ‘built for a different era’, says former PM’s organisation amid pressure on government financesLabour has been urged by Tony Blair’s thinktank to scrap the pensions triple lock amid mounting pressure on government finances.With the Iran war threatening to derail public spending plans, the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) said the “unaffordable” manifesto pledge to maintain the triple lock should be torn up as part of a wider overhaul of the state pension. Continue reading...

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were to travel to Islamabad to attempt to revive ceasefire negotiationsDonald Trump said he has told US envoys not to go to Pakistan for more talks with Iran, shortly after Tehran’s top diplomat left Islamabad late on Saturday.Trump added to Fox News: “They can call us anytime they want.” The White House on Friday said Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would travel to Pakistan’s capital to attempt to revive ceasefire negotiations. Continue reading...

• The Israeli Defense Forces conducted sustained airstrikes across Gaza Friday night, striking targets in Khan Younis and Rafah; Palestinian health authorities reported 34 deaths and 89 injured, though casualty figures remain disputed. • The UN Security Council's humanitarian affairs office announced plans for an emergency session Monday to address escalating civilian casualties and requested immediate access for international inspection teams to assess damage. • Aid organizations warned that the latest military operations have severed critical supply routes, leaving approximately 1.2 million Palestinians facing acute food shortages and limited access to medical facilities.

Exclusive: Samaritans calls for mandatory training for firefighters amid rise in incidentsSuicide-related callouts to fire and rescue services in England have tripled in the last decade, with Samaritans now calling for mandatory training for firefighters, who they say are struggling to deal with the increase in traumatic incidents.New figures show that fire services in England attended 3,250 suicide callouts in the year ending September 2025, the equivalent to 62 callouts a week. This was up from 997 callouts in 2009-10 when records begin.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email [email protected] or [email protected]. In the US, you can call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

More than 50% of voters at first AGM under new leadership oppose plans to scrap climate reportingBP’s board has suffered a triple climate rebellion in its first shareholder meeting since appointing new leadership to steer the embattled oil company.More than 50% of shareholders voting at the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) came out against its plans to scrap its existing climate reporting, and its resolution to replace in-person annual shareholder meetings – a lightning rod for climate protest in recent years – with online-only events. Continue reading...

Experts say Muslims and other minorities have been disproportionately deleted from the electoral roll ahead of the West Bengal elections this weekMillions of people in the Indian state of West Bengal have been stripped of their vote ahead of a critical state election this week, after a controversial electoral revision described by critics as a “bloodless political genocide” and mass disenfranchisement of minorities.In West Bengal, a total of 9.1 million names have been deleted from the register, more than 10% of the electorate. While many were dead or duplicates, about 2.7 million people have challenged their expulsions, but still been removed. Continue reading...

Demographic also overrepresented when police officers use force such as handcuffs, firearms or Tasers, says children’s commissionerBlack children across England and Wales are almost eight times more likely to be strip-searched by police than their white counterparts, a report has disclosed.Rachel de Souza, the children’s commissioner for England, said Black children are also overrepresented when officers use force and were more likely to have their “size, gender or build” cited as justification. Continue reading...

Lai Ching-te abandons visit after Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar revoke overflight permission Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, has cancelled his trip to Eswatini, the democratic island’s only diplomatic ally in Africa, after his government said several countries had revoked overflight permits because of “intense pressure” from China.Lai was to leave on Wednesday for the 40th anniversary of King Mswati III’s accession. Continue reading...

PM says in Commons statement he has ordered inquiry into any security concerns relating to Mandelson’s tenure in USUK politics live – latest updatesThe Foreign Office has been stripped of its powers to overrule vetting decisions after the Peter Mandelson scandal, Keir Starmer has told MPs, as he sought to set out his side of events in a politically crucial statement in parliament.Saying to jeers that he accepted it appeared “incredible” he and other ministers were not told Mandelson was initially refused security vetting, Starmer also said he had ordered an investigation into any security concerns related to Mandelson’s tenure as ambassador to Washington. Continue reading...

• Stripe completed the acquisition of Wise Exchange, a fintech startup specializing in cross-border payment optimization, for $1.2 billion in stock on April 18, expanding its international payment capabilities. • The acquisition adds Wise Exchange's proprietary currency conversion algorithms and partnerships with 40+ financial institutions across Europe, Asia, and Americas to Stripe's existing platform. • Industry analysts view this acquisition as Stripe's strategic response to intensifying competition from Block, PayPal, and traditional payment networks in the global payments sector.

Legal charity argues ‘job lot’ prosecution approach is unjust and primarily targets young black menJoint enterprise cases in England and Wales have soared over the past four decades, according to a report calling for a change in the law so that individuals are held accountable only for their own actions.The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (CCJS) also found sentences have become harsher under the legal doctrine, which allows for individuals to be convicted of crimes they did not physically carry out if they were present at the scene or held an association with the principal culprit. Continue reading...

Lynette and Brian Hooker, from Michigan, were years into a sailing adventure when Brian said his wife fell overboardLynette Hooker bounced around the deck of the docked Soul Mate, smiled into the camera and proclaimed, “We’re finally leaving Kemah,” referring to a Texas port town.“It’s only been four months,” she said as her husband, Brian, tugged on some rigging as they got ready to set sail. Continue reading...

Struggling pubs reel from rising business rates, wages and energy bills, with customers at limit of what they will payNick Evans is staring in vain at columns of numbers, trying to make them add up to a profit. He is a co-owner of the Old Crown Coaching Inn in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, a pub and hotel whose rich history is etched into its crooked wooden beams and cosy snugs.Oliver Cromwell stayed here in 1645. A room believed to have been used by the notoriously severe “hanging judge” Lord Jeffreys to condemn rebels now stages happier encounters: it is the honeymoon suite. Continue reading...

Petrol prices have stopped falling, despite the federal government’s cut to the fuel excise last weekTrack Australia’s fuel prices, service station outages and shipments in chartsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese will fly to Singapore this week – Australia’s biggest source of petrol – as the government mounts an international bid to keep fuel prices from rising.Diesel is getting more expensive again and petrol prices have stopped falling, despite the federal government’s cut to fuel excise last week. Continue reading...

With some misgivings, families and aviation enthusiasts bring stepladders and picnics to the perimeter fenceIt was a 4.40am start for the Wilkinson family. They packed their car with gear you might take on a trip to the seaside – folding chairs, blankets, a picnic. But instead of heading to the coast, they drove 80 miles from their home in Hampshire to Gloucestershire and set up camp close to the perimeter fence of RAF Fairford to watch American warplanes take off and land.“It’s definitely cheaper than a trip to a theme park,” said Jonathan Wilkinson, who was there with wife, Katie, and three sons, aged seven to 12. “The sights and sounds are impressive. But it’s a bittersweet thing. These planes are only here because of war. We have to keep that in mind.” Continue reading...

BFI and National Portrait Gallery to mark centenary of the film star’s birth with ‘the summer of Marilyn’Though often reduced to a sex symbol frozen in time, or a tragic figure at the centre of several scandals, Marilyn Monroe was something far more subversive, according to two exhibitions that will herald what has been nicknamed “the summer of Marilyn”.To mark the centenary of her birth, Monroe is being celebrated by leading British cultural institutions as a performer of sharp comic intelligence, a canny architect of her own image, and a woman who reshaped the possibilities for female stardom on screen. Continue reading...

Anna Turley questions Reform UK leader’s revised £25,000 figure for failed attempt to reach Chagos Islands on plane linked to billionaire donorLabour has queried Nigel Farage’s claim that a return trip to the Maldives on a private jet linked to a billionaire donor cost as little as £25,000 as the Reform leader attempted to reach the Chagos Islands.Farage initially recorded his two-day trip to the Maldives as costing £12,500 funded by Thailand-based Reform megadonor Christopher Harborne, before upgrading this to £25,000 in the latest register of interests. Continue reading...

• Kosovo approved a plan to send soldiers to the Gaza Strip as part of a US-backed international security force, joining Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, and Albania in making similar commitments. • The deployment represents an expansion of the international coalition participating in the Middle East security operation. • Kosovo's participation demonstrates growing international involvement in establishing security frameworks in the Gaza region.

• Waymo's autonomous vehicle service is experiencing explosive growth, with weekly paid robotaxi trips increasing tenfold in under two years. • The surge signals a significant shift toward autonomous vehicles dominating the transportation industry, though regulatory hurdles and safety concerns remain pressing challenges. • The growth demonstrates market viability of driverless technology while raising questions about infrastructure readiness and public acceptance.

US president says he will host Chinese leader in a reciprocal visit later this yearDonald Trump will meet Xi Jinping in May during the US president’s first visit to China in eight years, a closely watched trip that had been postponed due to the Iran war.Trump was initially slated to travel next week, but will now visit Beijing on 14 and 15 May, he wrote in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday. Trump said he would host the Chinese leader in a reciprocal visit in Washington later this year. Continue reading...